Figure 4From: Pause-melting misalignment: a novel model for the birth and motif indel of tandem repeats in the mitochondrial genomeThe formation of a motif indel via the PMM mechanism. a. the pause stage of mt-replication; b. competition and melting of the N-strand and D-strand; c. misalignment and protrusion; d. a repeated motif is inserted or deleted.Back to article page